8:00
Registration – Icelandic Breakfast (Continental)
8:45
Morning Keynotes Speakers
8:45
FDI, Sustainability In Dentistry Policy Adopted, August 2017: The Voice Of One Million Dentists
Claudio Fernandes, Professor of Prosthodontics, UFF, Nova Friburgo, RJ, Chair, Center for Sustainable Dentistry at UFF
Description: "FDI serves as the principal representative body for more than one million dentists worldwide, developing health policy speaking as a unified voice for dentistry in international advocacy." https://www.fdiworlddental.org/
9:15
State of the Profession – Future of Dentistry
Gordon J. Christensen, DDS, MSD, PhD, Founder and CEO, Practical Clinical Courses; CEO, Clinicians Report Foundation
10:15
Networking Break – Icelandic Style
10:30
The Christensen “Bottom Line” – 2018
Gordon J. Christensen, DDS, MSD, PhD, Founder and CEO, Practical Clinical Courses; CEO, Clinicians Report Foundation
Description: Ask Dr. Christensen
12:30
Product Change Management
Napoleon Monroe – Industry Consultant
13:00
Networking Lunch – Icelandic Style
14:00
Sustainability: Impacts of consumer products on the dental profession.
Amarjit Sahota, Founder and President, Ecovia Intelligence
Description: What dentistry can learn from external industry factors.
14:30
Processed Food: Sweetening the Pot
Robert H. Lustig, MD, MSL
Description: The diet of your patient can lead to a metabolic disease.
15:30
Networking Break – Icelandic Style
15:45
Trends Influencing Patient Oral Health Choices
Steve French, Natural Market Institute
Description: Market segmentation and how it impacts consumer spending related to products and services.
16:15
Advancing Dentistry And Transforming Lives At NYU School Of Dentistry
Bapanaiah Penugonda DDS, MS, Associate Professor/Group Practice Director
Description: Dentistry role to the individual and the community.
16:45
Nature Talks…. Are you listening?
Brent Nixon, Naturalist, Educator, Actor
NOTE: Attendee and Guests Invited to his presentation/performance and enjoy reception after!
17:30
Networking Reception following in the Bjortuloft Hall:
https://en.harpa.is/harpa/conference-and-concert-halls/bjortuloft/
Attendees and Guests
8:00
Registration – Icelandic Breakfast (Continental)
8:45
Business Case for Sustainability
Bob Willard, PhD, Author and Founder, Sustainability Advantage
Description: How embracing sustainable practices can increase business results.
9:45
B Corporation
Scott Andersen, BA, Director of Stakeholder Stewardship
Description: Artisan Dental, LLC - B Corp.
10:00
A Systems Thinking Approach to Managing Sustainability
Wilheim Wang, MS, Managing Director, TRANSREG LLC
Description: Attaining and strengthening sustainability in your dental practice.
10:30
Managing Sustainability in Dentistry Framework
Beverly Oviedo, MS, ASTM Standard Technical Contact
Description: Applying the standard: Practice for Managing Sustainability in Dentistry.
10:45
Networking Break – Icelandic Style
11:00
Aligning Values and Business Strategy to Achieve Organizational Change-- The Five Ps
Jason McMillan, DMD, Mint Dental Works – First LEED-Certified Dental Practice, and Sheila Margolis, PhD, President, Workplace Culture Institute
Description: Is everyone in your organization practicing the principles critical to your success? Using Mint Dental Works as a case example, you will discover how to apply
the Five Ps to your practice. Learn how to focus, unify, and align everyone around a few vital core principles.
12:00
Sustainability in Dentistry as it relates to nine aspects of life as a dentist
Robert (Tito) Norris, DDS, First LEED Certified Orthodontic Practice
Description: Particular attention will be given to developing a community service program: Benevolent Marketing and Community Karma.
13:00
Networking Lunch – Icelandic Style
14:00
SORPA Manager Iceland Waste Management
Ragna I Halldórsdóttir, SORPA Manager
SORPA Chief Engineer Dental Waste Management
Bjarni Gnýr Hjarðar, SORPA Manager
14:30
The Autism Tooth Fairy Study
Lynne Parson Heilbrun, MPH
Description: Baby teeth linked to toxins.
15:00
Case Study: Invisalign
Scott Frey, DDS, MSD
15:15
Networking Break – Icelandic Style
15:30
Digital Technologies and Innovations
Scott Frey, DDS, MSD
Description: Areas of discussion: 3D printers, lean office.
16:15
Managing An Evolving Technology
Donna Galante, DMD, America’s Premier Expert on Invisalign
Description: Invisalign
17:15
Wrap Up
Iceland is a Nordic island nation that lies above a hotspot, the Iceland Plume, which is believed to have formed the island itself. It is characterized by ongoing volcanism and geothermal phenomena such as geysers and hot springs. Most of the population lives in the capital, Reykjavik, which runs on geothermal power.
Living sustainably is second nature to the Icelandic people. They enjoy sharing information about their lifestyle, which can include baking their bread in the ground or swimming year-round in one of their 120 geothermally-heated public swimming pools. For these reasons, it’s no wonder the World Economic Forum ranked Iceland as the world’s friendliest country for tourists.
Additional Notes of Interest About Iceland: